Año Luz Aparte... ( Light years apart ) BOOK 1

Capitulo Cuarenta y seis

October 10 2020.

     Two days after Andromeda 3000 left the Earth. Hundreds of people joined the historical expedition that will travel the space in search of life in another Galaxy. They have the most advance computer system that will send informations back to Earth during the expedition. All the data will be automatically spread out sa lahat ng itinalagang locations.

      Today they were gathered to discussed the hibernation process na magaganap ilang oras mula ngayon. Everybody was so excited and scared at the same time. Others are still hesitant to trust silent kill to pilot the big ship and the drug that was designed to preserve their youth. Hundreds of humans was used for experiment and eighty percent of them had died.

     "I gathered information about Sarah and the rest." Kallyra said.

     "What do you think happened to them?" her friend Ashton asked.

      "I have a feeling they survived. I got their data before we lost their signal. They are heading to the east, 0.28 AU away from us." she answered.

       Binaba niya ang baso na may lamang alak. Nakapuwesto sila sa may pinakadulo sa likod ng mga nag-uumpikang pasahero ng Andromeda 3000. Nasa gitna nila ang captain ng ship at nag-didiscuss ng mga rules although na-practice na nila kung papaano kikilos sa loob ng ship isang buwan bago sila sumakay.

      "Ang nangyaring pagsabog ng Andromeda. What do you think really happened?"

       Pinagmasdan niya ang mga nagkakasiyahang mga tao sa paligid at muling lumagok ng alak. "That's simple. Although Andromeda is perfect that even if it was hit by micrometeoroids and space debris it will not malfunctioned. Together with silent kill help it won't give us negative result. The probable one was a person inbugging a virus in the program to affect the running system." She shrugged her shoulder. "Andromeda was like Titanic, it was not prepared for the majestic intrusion."

          Umiling siya at payak na ngumiti. "Right... pero sa tingin ko hindi system virus ang dahilan ng pag-eject ng capsules natin." Marahas na nilingon niya ng kaibigan.

      "Anong ibig mong sabihin?"

      "Someone woke up before us."

      She stared hard at the wine in her glass. She can see her blurred reflection moving with the liquid. "I don't know... I might thank him whoever that person is." mahina niyang sambit. "You've met the cold queen of Egypt... sa tingin mo? Magpapasalamat ka ba o magalit sa taong naging dahilan ng inyong pagkikita?"

        Kung hindi nag-eject ang capsule niya that time, she woudn't have the chance to meet Lucas.

      Lumambong ang kaniyang mga mata ng maalala ang pag-uusap nila ni Maxwell ng mga panaginip tungkol sa past life nito. The feeling of knowing the cause of Lucas death is still with her, cold and painful.

       She knows something had died inside her. It was her fault. What if Lucas really board that ship because of her. Then, selfishness was the cause of his death.

     Dumiin ang kapit niya sa wine glass na hawak.

     But she was still hoping...

     She was desperately hoping to go back to the time before she left Lucas.

      Her friend fall into silence as well. Nakita niya ang malungkot nitong mata, kahit pilit nitong itago ay nababasa niya roon ang sakit. Hindi na niya ito pinansin at muling ibinalik ang atensyon sa nagpupulong sa kanilang unahan.

       "Hey, its you right, Professor Kallyra Romanov?" Sabay silang napabaling sa nagsalitang babae sa tabi nila. Nasa edad forty at blonde ang kulay ng buhok, tipikal na Amerikana. Nakasuot ito ng puting lab gown tulad ng kaniyang kaibigan.